1709 in Canada
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Events from the year 1709 in Canada.
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Incumbents
Governors
Events
- In New France, slavery becomes legal.[6]
Births
- September 7 (O.S. September 18 - Dr. Samuel Johnson born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. (died 1784)[7]
- September 26 - Jean-Louis Le Loutre, priest, Spiritan, and missionary (died 1772)
Deaths
- August - Robert Giguère, pioneer in New France and founder of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré (born 1616)
- September 9 - Jean-Baptiste Legardeur de Repentigny (born 1632)